No more Mr. “Nice Guy,” please! Page 2

PANEL 1

A young man with dark hair and glasses sits happily with a woman who has long wavy hair. Both are eating ice cream cones.

NARRATOR: A nice guy will hang out with you because it's fun.

PANEL 2

A young man with light wavy hair sits with a woman who has curly reddish hair, wrapped in a scarf. His eyes are drawn as dotted lines aimed at her chest.

NARRATOR: A "nice guy" will hang out with you because he secretly wants to have sex with you but is too cowardly to even ask you out.

A thought bubble shows an arrow pointing to the woman labeled "bewbies..."

PANEL 3

The light-haired man sits alone looking at his phone, appearing to take notes or calculations.

NARRATOR: He also probably keeps a careful record of everything he's ever bought you and any time he spends with you.

He thinks you "owe him one" for these, but he won't say anything about it... yet.

PANEL 4

The dark-haired man with glasses sits with the long-haired woman. She appears sad, holding tissues. They're sitting apart respectfully.

NARRATOR: Both will comfort you when you break up with your significant other.

SFX: CHIRRY POO

PANEL 5

The light-haired man has his arm around the curly-haired woman, holding her close against him. She looks uncomfortable.

NARRATOR: But, a "nice guy" will use "consoling you" as an excuse to hold your body against his.

Ugh, I had a boyfriend who used to keep a “running tab” on me. And he never “gave” anything he just “loaned” you things. Romantic gesture? No, try indentured servitude.

I must have been in a really bad place to tolerate that kind of crap. But this guy was not doing a good job of freeing me to make my own decisions. At one point I realized that I could not break up with him without losing, say, my transportation (was “borrowing” a motorcycle helmet). So I quietly began buying the things I needed to be independent as I could afford them. When I was at last in a position to make a decision not based on needs or convenience, I chose to break things off. He was too into playing “knight in shining armor” long after the dragon was slain.

Comments (Archived)

  1. Matija Marohnić

    I don’t think I agree with the second panel, this just seems like the “guy who’s into you” The tab-keeping boyfriend sounds awful

    Replying to a 5-year old post FTW